challenges that women in india and the wider south asian region face now according to the 27 team global gender gap report it will take countries in this south asian region $62.00 yes to bridge the gap that exists between men and women now these gaps according to the report are primarily an economic participation and political empowerment issues that governments in the region and women themselves have been trying to tackle over a number of years today we bring you. a few stories from south asia. here in delhi parliament behind me is considering a law that will ban a verbal divorce practiced by some indian muslims now this lower school kelley being called the triple bill is the word for divorce and in the past muslim men have been able to divorce their vibes merely by altering the word luck 3 times now the supreme court has already made this practice illegal but now the hindu nationalist b.g.p. government of prime minister narendra modi wants to enshrine this ban into law and this has set off a furious debate amongst people as to what mr moore these true intentions really are. amounts calm exterior

employers are required to report gender gap figures based in differences in hourly wages. global24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. let's get back to hong kong and see how the markets are shaping up. sophie: we are keeping an eye on are takinglators action on concerns it may have breached -- regulators have imposed additional license restrictions. more bad news for the wealth manager, which had seen its share price continue to track lower this year as you can see .n the chart and the outlook hospital operator is reportedly the latest takeover operator. retail units face increasing headwinds. the conglomerate facing further options to increase exposure to the electric vehicles market pending takeover. west farmers has been downgraded at goldman. heads up -- in the latest , the boardebound checking and. they will be added to the s&p 500 with changes at the open on june 24. paul: thanks very much. let's get more on what we should be watching is trading gets under way in asia with bloomberg's g